Assistant Solicitor / Legal Executive

Closing Date: 02/02/2026
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Slimbridge
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Advertising Salary
£34,064 per annum (£42,580 FTE)
Vacancy Type
Fixed Term
Legal and compliance

About The Role

A qualified lawyer, you will have a strong customer focus, enjoy working within multi-disciplinary teams, and have excellent communication skills. There will be a varied workload, so you will need to enjoy learning and applying yourself to any new areas.

This role is based at WWT Slimbridge with hybrid working.
 
This is full time, fixed-term maternity cover contract for 12 months. The role is working 30 hours per week, 4 days a week. 

About You

  • Qualified Solicitor / Legal Executive
  • Experience of providing legal advice on a broad range of legal matters, including to senior individuals
  • Experience of working with external professional advisors
  • Experience of reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a variety of legal contracts and agreements
  • Able to problem solve and innovate.
  • Ability to present a case and positively influence
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. Please see the job description to find out more.

About Us

We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

 Why you’ll love working at WWT
  • Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
  • Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
  • 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
  • Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
  • Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
  • Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
  • Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from our Employee Assistance Programme
WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.
 

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